Move over M&S, our City leading ladies are here
THE LATEST M&S gaggle of leading ladies was revealed yesterday.
Wearing the embattled chain’s wares this time round are actress Emma Thompson, singers Rita Ora and Annie Lennox, model Alek Wek, campaigner Doreen Lawrence, east London fashion powerhouse Lulu Kennedy and engineer Roma Agrawal. It’s not just a line-up of inspiring women, it’s an M&S line-up of inspiring women.
Will it be enough to persuade the nation’s women to start wearing its garms again? Heaven knows. But we have noticed a pattern emerging. The last time M&S revealed a line-up was August.
Again, there was a much-loved British actress of a certain age (Helen Mirren), a young British popstrell (Ellie Goulding), a striking model (Karen Elson) and a fashion doyen (Grace Coddington) – all choices mirrored in this round’s selection.
So The Capitalist thought M&S could take a breather and we could take over for next season’s choices. Actress Judi Dench, singer Paloma Faith et cetera.
But actually we’ve got an even better idea. Why not get the City’s leading ladies in there? Especially with the Cranfield Female FTSE Board report coming out tomorrow and all.
We’d like to nominate Newton Investment chief exec Helena Morrissey, Lord Mayor of the City of London Fiona Woolf, Severn Trent’s chief exec Liv Garfield, EasyJet’s Carolyn McCall, FinnCap’s CEO Sam Smith and Santander’s Ana Botin. Now that’s a line-up.